Climate averages 1991–2020
Arauca weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Arauca: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 324 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Socopó (128 km away). In May its highs average 28.3°C, 0.9°C cooler than Arauca, with 195 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Arauca ranks joint 14th of 46 for the warmest May highs and 36th of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Arauca is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 324 mm to 375 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Arauca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 15 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 21 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 55 | 7.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 181 | 19.7 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 29.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 324 | 26.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 375 | 28.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 346 | 27.9 | 12.512 h |
| August | 29.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 293 | 27.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 244 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 211 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 145 | 20.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 30.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 51 | 9.5 | 11.712 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Socopó in MayVenezuela · 128 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 195 mm rain
- Ejido (approximate) in MayVenezuela · 171 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 224 mm rain
- Mérida, Venezuela in MayVenezuela · 172 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 224 mm rain
- Táriba in MayVenezuela · 181 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 112 mm rain
- Rubio in MayVenezuela · 189 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Cúcuta in MayColombia · 213 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Guanare in MayVenezuela · 245 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 239 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in MayVenezuela · 249 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 350 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Arauca) is explained once on the Arauca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.